DDA Annual Day 2022: From Danish Diabetes Academy to Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy

• Time & place
• Who can attend?
• Detailed description
• Programme & speakers
• Organisers
• Registration, nomination & submission of abstracts
• Additional information

TIME & PLACE

Dates: 30 November-1 December 2022
Place: Konventum, Erling Jensens Vej 1, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark

WHO CAN ATTEND?

The event is intended all researchers working within any field of (or related to) diabetes and other endocrinology fields, including both clinical, basic and translational and/or interdisciplinary research.

The event is free of charge and participants are selected on a first come, first served basis.

Please note, that you are not guaranteed a seat at the DDA Annual Day if you do not meet the target group requirements. Priority is given to participants within diabetes, metabolism and other endocrinology fields employed at Danish research and health institutions or in the life science industry, but a number of seats are reserved for participants employed at research and health institutions or in the life science industry abroad. If the event is overbooked, DDA reserves the right to select participants based on the defined requirements and country of employment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Be sure to mark your calendar for the DDA Annual Day where we will gather to celebrate the high quality of diabetes research in Denmark and abroad, listen to inspirational talks and network with other people working within any field of diabetes and other endocrinology.

This year is special, as we will also mark the end of the Danish Diabetes Academy (DDA) and celebrate the establishment of the new academy: the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA).

The DDA was established in 2012 with a 5-year grant (2012-2017) from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and subsequently received an additional 5-year grant (2018-2022).

Now, we are very excited to look into 5 years with the DDEA (2023-2027) which will embrace the entire field of Danish endocrinology and strengthen collaborations between diabetes and general endocrinology in Denmark.

Therefore, we hope that you will join us for the Annual Day 2022 which will:

• give you interesting perspectives from prominent scientists working within the field of diabetes and the broader endocrine scope
• allow you to engage in discussions about intriguing and impressive research projects carried out by early-career researchers during poster sessions
• give you plenty of opportunities to expand your professional network, and have fun with new and old colleagues in an informal setting.

JOIN THE ANNUAL DAY WITH AN ABSTRACT & POSTER

The DDA Annual Day will include poster presentations from early-career researchers. Therefore, we invite all postdocs and PhD students (obligatory for DDA-funded postdocs and PhD students) to submit an abstract in addition to their registration. DDA will evaluate the incoming abstracts and select the ones who will be offered a poster presentation at the event. There will be awards for the three best posters (see below).

Please submit your abstract on the registration page. See the abstract guidelines under “Registration, nomination & submission of abstracts”

Deadline for submission of abstracts is 24 October 2022.

POSTER AWARDS
There will be awards for the three best posters:
1^st Price: 3,000 DKK
2^nd Price: 2,000 DKK
3^rd Price: 1,500 DKK

Poster session procedure

• The DDA will evaluate the incoming abstracts and select the ones who will be offered to give a 1-minute poster pitch in plenum prior to the poster session.
• Your poster will be presented during two informal open poster sessions i.e. you are expected to stand by your poster and answer questions from passers-by during the poster session that your poster number is assigned to.
• Your poster will be displayed in a separate conference room.
• DDA will set up an evaluation process with specific evaluation criteria to decide who will win the three poster awards (further information will follow prior to the event).

See the poster format under “Registration, nomination & submission of abstracts”.

DANISH DIABETES ACADEMY AWARDS

On the DDA Annual Day, the DDA will also hand out three diabetes awards, and we therefore calls for nominations for:

• DDA-Funded Scientist Award

• Young Investigator Award

• DDA Research Education and Networking Award - NEW award

Further information about the specific requirements for each award, evaluation and how to nominate a candidate can be found at the links above and here.

Nomination deadline is 24 October 2022. 

PROGRAMME & SPEAKERS

See the programme

Speakers:

- Bente Langdahl, Professor, Aarhus University (DK)
- Christoffer Clemmensen, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Filip Knop, Professor, University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen, Professor, Aarhus University (DK)
- Jon Bjarke Jarløv Rasmussen, MD, PhD, Rigshospitalet (DK)
- Steen Bonnema, Professor, University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Stine Linding Andersen, Clinical Associate Professor, Aalborg University (DK)

ORGANISERS

The event is organised by the DDA Management Team in close collaboration with the committee of the scientific programme: 
- Caroline Kistorp, Professor, Rigshospitalet (DK)
- Dorte Møller Jensen, Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Steno Diabetes Center Odense (DK)
- Esben Søndergaard, PhD, MD, Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University (DK)
- Jørgen Wojtaszewski, Professor, University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Nils Færgeman, Professor, University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Peter Kurtzhals, Chief Scientific Advisor, Novo Nordisk A/S (DK)
- Signe Frøssing, PhD, MD, Herlev & Gentofte Hospital (DK)

REGISTRATION, NOMINATION & SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS 

Registration & nomination deadline: 24 October 2022

Deadline for submission of abstracts (optional): 24 October 2022  

Abstract guidelines:
Be sure your abstract contains the following information and adheres to the following formatting guidelines before submission:

NB: It is allowed to present data which previously has been publicised/presented.

You may download the template here.

The abstract should be max 1500 characters incl. spaces and written in Arial 10.

• Title of abstract (Use a short and specific title with title-style capitalization and put it in bold)
• Presenting author name(s) (Underline the presenting author’s name)
• Affiliation (Include unit, institution/company/hospital, city and country for all authors and put it in italics)

The body of the abstract contains the following content: 

• Background and aim:
  Text in Arial 10
• Material and methods:
  Text in Arial 10
• Results (if obtained to-date)
  Text in Arial 10
• Conclusion (and perspectives)
  Text in Arial 10

No images, figures, charts or tables should be included in the abstract.
Please proofread carefully before submission and submit a word file.

Format of poster:
Size of poster: A0 or A1 - width max. 1 m/height max. 1.25 m
(“Portrait format” is visually preferred)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dinner registration
A dinner followed by celebration and networking is sponsored by the DDA on 30 November 2022. Please sign up for the dinner when you register for the event.

Accommodation
Overnight accommodation is sponsored by the DDA at the venue from 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2022.

Please note that the number of rooms available is limited to 100 rooms and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. Please sign up for accommodation when you register for the event.

No-show fee
Please note that it is free of charge to participate in the course however the DDA will charge a no-show fee of 500 DKKif you do not show up and have not unregistered from the course prior to its start.

Covid-19 Code of Conduct
To ensure safe events, the DDA’s activities are organised in compliance with our Interim COVID-19 Code-of-conduct.